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taken place , on that side. The cavalry of the province of Kara• bach has been ordered to the river Bergouschat, in order to op pose the incursion of the eneMy'icis'S;alryilaitt'itislire, who en deavour to surprise and carry off the inhabitinta. Abbas Nlirza • is encamped Live wersts front the bridge of chadaperin, with au inconsiderable body of troops,which - his father has sent him; the troops which accompanied him in his incursion into the Russian ter ritory have been discharged. His tirtilliryvorninanded by Yossuff Khaniv,is posted at Kendar,iu his rear. lie is in great want of'Provi %ions. TheSchah is at DaWask and beyontiTariris. It is affirmed that both he and Abbas Mina were deeply affected at the loss of Abbas Mina's nephew, the son of Ali &dish Mirza, who was appointed Seyful-Mehip-Nlirza, but ins Mortally wounded in the last battle. Colonel NlitAchemilty, I;onimander of the Aschperon - regiment' of foot, who was sent by , General Krabbe, with his detachment to /tuba, to pursue the•enemy, who were evacuating that province, ' 0 has occupied tire town of Staraia Schamachta. On the approach of this detachment, Mustaphi Khan and the other Persian commanders hastened their retreat to the steppe of Magan, be yond the Kur ; lUustripha Khan, however, endeavoured, and with aonurobstinacy, to defend the passage over a bridge, hanging on roPea, which has been laid over that river, hut the fire of our ar tillery having dis Mounted two of his guns, he took advantage of the night to effect his retreat. A part of our infantry and ca valry that had crossed the. river, found several carriages with am.* munition and cartridges which the enemy had abandoned. Order beginning to return in the provinces from which the Persian. have been driven." This ,being. the anniversary of the accession of his Majesty to the Throne„ was observed with great solemnity. Yesterday, on the contrary, as the anniversary of the death of the late Emperor Alexander, there was a funeral service in all the churches of the capital, and all places of public amusement were shut yesterday and the day before. CouniVoronzow, Governor-General of New Russia, has're eeived the 'order of St. Alexander Newsky in diamonds. NI, Von Krudener, hitherto Charge d'Affaires in Switzerland , is arrived" here; • ..-u bete, According to the last accounts from Archangel of the I 6th ult., the Dwina already brought down large flakes of ice, and it was expected that it would very soon be frozen over. sTOCKHOLSI, nac. R. Corn and Brandy seem rather inclined to fall than to rise. It is well known that a Committee was appointed this summer to enquire whether a fleet of ships of the line is necessary for the defence of the kingdom, or Whether a galley fleet woul d be sufli 'lent. The result of the enquiry is not yet known, but the Argus affirms, that as the Crown PrinCe is appointed high Admiral, it May be considered as certain that the great fleet will be retained. ?1. Von Tarrach;the Prussian Ambassador, has received instruc tions from his Sovereign,to negociate a commercial treaty between Prussia, and the KingdoM of weden And Norway. EZCIIANOiS ON I °NOON. HAMBURG/I, DEC. 15.--36. 7. ; 2 Months, 86. 4. PRTERSBORGH, DEC. 11-16. Drc. 11.-3 Months; 6. 16!. Ilxitt.lN, DEC. 12.--3 Months, 6. VIENNA, DEC. 6.-3 Months, 10. The Eurenaburg.Carrevondent of the 13th instant has 44 0 been received, and gives currency to the report. that / 3 °N MIGUEL has expressed great indignation at the con duct of the rebel leaders in: Portugal, in placing his name at the top of their aeditiaus proclamations. It is even said that an Austrian COnriei is proceeding with great haste to communicate, :this important circumstance, to the disaffected, and if true; it may for a time be a death-blow to their hopes, and • a prOper reward of their services in the meritorious cause of absolute iatolerance. but the wonder is how these men should have dared to bile the name' of Dati l , y lll . 161.1. J. 'without his sanction—or connivance. Hail the no secret knowledge that their virtuous labours would be accepiahle ? Success would 0 doubt have stamped their_rebellion.witli the 'approba tion of Don MIGUEL, and the concurrent applause of less lotipected Conspirators, who are now working in the mine of perfidy, but dare not show their faces till the explosion reveal the successful completion of their hypocritical agency. The whole character of the war in Portugal-betrays, day, by day, the deep ramifications of the design. The Priests are the secret originators of the plot, and religiously act on to the sitirit of their treacherous intentions. The r Invasion of • Spain by France, was not more perfidioity than the present. Jesuitical attack on Portugal, by the mock 4rly of the Faith. The Portuguese. constit u tion may be for a time . o verthrown, but not subverted.-- Ira pulling it down, the faithless faction of despotism have insured their own destruction,• by compelling the Guardians of the State to avenge the ruffian assault. The conspirators may triumph"for a season, but the day of ,re tribution is at hand,. when the full measure of justice reward their-iniquity . • . CROM THE nsNuai, Dee. 7. It is said that the Infant Don Miguel, animated by a wish to prevent the evil with which Portugal appears to be threatened, has been induced to send to his sister, the Infanta Regent, a declare , tion in which the PA ince expresses his indignation at the shameful shays which the leaders of the insurgents have dared to make of his hams, by placing it at the head of their incendiary proclamations. As the Portuguese Prince is in a situation in which there is no restraint Whatever upon him, hai recognised and sworn to the new POrtti • ueseCharter,itcannothe doubted that this act, to Which in all proba bility the greatest publicity will be given, proceeded from the same inotives. It is added that a courier has been dispatched from Vienna, with this important dispatch, from which the most salu tary effects may he expected, as it deprives the -insurgents o f every pretext„ for their criminal enterprise. trig MAJEsTy's, ship Wri lnley► hearing the flag o Rear . Adroiral Sir 'Nos. M. HARDY, with his Mgt. JESTY' S. ship Melville, sailed from Spithead yesterday with a fair wind for Lisbon. The Gloucester joinet these ships . outside 'the .port. The l'imes, in City Article gives the following statement of.. transactions respecting the 'unfortunate, Stockbroker, who put an end to his existence; a few • days agp t , In the co ur s e of the investigation by . the. C om mittee of the, "reito Stock Exchange into the transactions by the broker who Ant an'-end to his existence on Satorday last, some very ex traordinary disclosures haie come to light. It is said, t hat two. ladies of property, residing, in. .the .neighhourbowl of G rosvenor-minure, = bad intrusted hint with securities and for e . ign stock, of various descriptions, 'to the amount ; of near `lO,OOO/. in value, over which they gave. him_ the entire:cont ro l tit sell sell and re-purchase as he thought proper. The, Whole of them, it appears, have heist lost, the only property remaining to the ladies in question being 4001. in reduced Three per Cents., which he piireliased ik their names's ; a pret en d e d profit on " their account." A clergyman, it i s , ma id, has lo t tt l ittle . property he possessed by a similar con fi dence.... 't lamentable: iift ' to perceive rr t)' the mania for stock-jobbing thus spreading to : the community, and we mention these f acts as use e f r u e l n c t au ra t n iOn to all gum who may feel disposed to listen to similsr repri4,entations of extravagant profit, .anil to place their property out of their own' controut.— Then. ' 'Whether there be any truth or not in this statement we are unable to say; but we regret to observe the very illiberal observations made by the Times in a leading Article upon thli subject, upon the whole 2yree (as it calls them) 'of Stock-brokers, who are de. scribed ‘, from one end to another, as being rendered rop e s by the System of the place." every Afession or occupation there are too many, tuiforiunsitel ,7,who deserve such a,designation ; but to class the whole of any body of men indiscri minately, as rogues, -shows an ignorance of human ,nature not less striking,',than the nialipitv which could give vent to such an opinion. The Surrey Grand Jury'have thrown out the bill of in - • dictment exhibited against William Page anti Mary Ayres for the murder of Akehurst 4nd his housekeeper, at !etsham. Should, however, any further evidence be ad- Awed, they are still open to proieeution, afi the rejection of 1 1 1* Lill by the Grand July does not amount to a verdict of acquittal, so as to protect them from any eobietwent in dictment for the same offence. We are now at liberty:tir afar a few observations on the nature of the evidence that has been laid before the pub ! lie, and feel but little hesitation in saying, that a Grata Jury could do nothing less than reject the indictment, unless supported by better evidence than that on which the com mittal of the prisoners was founded. The utmost that was directly proved was, the use of certain words by Page expressive of his wish that. the old man Akehurst war dead, and how easily he might be murdered, and perhaps those expressions did amount to insinuations, that un less he died naturally within a short period, he (Page) would hasten his departure from this world. Although, indeed, the correspondence said to exist between the marks deceased's bodies and the instrument of Page's made, found in his kit, may be viewed as strong corrobo rative evidence, still it was corroborative evidence only, and therefore could be of no weight unless brought to lead out and elucidate previous positive circumstances at tending the murder; such as the vicinity of the prisoners, or one of them—possession of part of the property of the deceased, or the like. In this instance, neither of these .facts is positively before us, nor in truth is there any thing positively and clearly shown, from,which an inference that the murder was perpetrated by the prisoners might tte justly drawn. All the evidence is circumstantial, and if the conviction had followed, it would have gone upon the principle, that Page and Ayres might have committed the murder, ecause such and such circumstances might have been so and so, not that such and such circumstances were in truth so and so. „Circumstantial evidence is sufficient in cases Of murder, or in plainer terms, an inference drawn from positive facts, is enough to justify a verdict of con viction. Although this indeed is law, still no judge has ever yet permitted a Jury to infer guilt in a. prisoner, upon a supposition, that facts were so and so, simply because the evidence showed that facts might have been so as supposed. First, to infer that the facts were as proved, they might have been, and thence, from this inference, again to infer the prisoner's guilt, is precisely the case of the two above named prisoners. Thus Page might have desired the death of the old man, he might have planned to kill him, might have gone all the distance from Weyhill to Leatherhead and back again in the given time, he might have carried with him his instru ments of trade and, because he might have done all this, the Jury is called upon to say, not that he might have com mitted, but that he did pOsitiVely commit, the murder. How was tlifs possible? " Show us," they might say, " that Page was at Leatherhead beyond a doubt, and then we shall' know how to deal with' him." After all, too, Page was pot seen at Fetcham ; on the contrary, he is clearly shown to have been many miles distant, except perhaps a few hours' of the day on which the murder was committed. And again another "might" is interposed because he was not seen in those hours he might have been, at Fetchani. Yes, but was he there ? Nothing positive can he concluded even from the correspondence of the marks on the murdered persons with the instruments of Page's trade found on him, because all these itht merits are made to a size, or nearly to a size, according to an established ;rule of long custom. Thus, from begin ning to end, the only positive fact that could be shown is the death of the two unfortunate persons by violence,; be yond this all is vague and uncertain. Some positive fact must he obtained affecting the prisoners, on which all this train of eVidence maybe hung: shew this, and then, per haps, enough is shown to convict them. That the cir cumstances are suspicious we admit ; and whilst we say that we 'are not satisfied of their guilt, we may add, we are not satisfied of their innocence. We hope, therefore; exertions will not be relaxed, but new evidence searched for and obtained, more decisive in character, and more positiVe in detail. 'We 'hope, be the murderer who he may, he may yet be discovered and brought to condign punishment. Let him reinember retributive justice must await him, and though she may be slow-footed, she is never theless straE. The'rod of the avenger is gone forth—Cod's mark is upon him ! THE FUNDS. CITY, (Trite DAY), Twelve o'Clach. The English Market has been in a very feverish state all the morning ; Consols opened at 80i, went up to 80k, supposed to have been caused by the rise in the French Fundy, but they did not support this price, and have subsequently fallen to 80 ; India Bonds, 24 8 ; Exchequer Bills, 11 13 pm. The Foreign Plinth remain without any business this morning, and prices seem much the same 'as yesterday ; Mexiaati Bonds are quoted ut ; 'Colombian stationary at 33i ; Russian hive had an advance of nearly 1 per Cent., being 83 ; and Greek, 17i 18 ; Portuguese Bonds have continued steady at '7O. Shares continue in a lifeless state, and no business doing. • . Three per Cent. Consols for account, 80 ; India Bonds, 24 8 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 11 18 'pm. Foartax FUNDL—Brasilian, 59 61; Buenos Ayres, 59 61; Chilian, 36 8 ; Danish, 561 74 ; Colombian, 1824, 38i 4 ; Mexican 5 per Cent., 63} 4 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 64,1 ; Peru vian, 30 2 ; Greek, 17} 18 ; Russian, 83 ; Spanish, 12i 134. Mexican, 27i b this. ; United Mexican, 8 6 cis, ; Real del Monte, 80 100 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 40 60 pin. Brazilian, 5 7 pm.; Bolivar 2 3 pm.; Potosi, 48 50 per Share Colmnbian, 'l4 16 per Share. Two o' The only price of Consols for the lad two hours has peen alternately buyers and sellers; . India Bonds awl Exchequer Bills have had no alteration; nothing new in the Foreign Funds; in fact there ie scarcely any business. Shares have been rather look ing np, and priees are rather better, particularly Coloinhian, whirl are quoted 15 16 per share. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for account, 7 9 FOUR o'CLOCK --1 Consols --- Do. for Ac.'79ii Brazilian "Bonds -- Buenos Ayres Do. -- Cltilian Do.-- Columbian, 1824; 33i LOSING PRICES: Danish Bonds Greek Do. 1825 174 MexiCan Do, 1825,-84 Peruvian Do. Russian Do. 83 Spanish Do. In • BANK NOTES. An account of the total number of Notes of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, under the value °I'M, which has been issued during each and every Week from the 13th of November. 18116, until 'Saturday p r eceding the 15th of December, I Sit l ; and also the total number of Notes under the value of 5/. actually In circulation at the close of the business on every inch Saturday, pursuant to Act nth Geo. IV., cap. tl., • _ I Numberof Amount in eiroubt- Notes of tion of Notes tinder £1 issued. the value of £5, From Nov. 13 to Nov. 18, both inclusive Nil Nov. 18 X 891,091 From N0v.20 to Nov. 25, both inclusive Nil NTOV. 25 ... X 861,058 From N0v.21 to Dec. 9, both inclusive Nil Dee. ... X 822811,297 From Dec, to Dec. 9, both inclusive NH De 9 ... ,454 . N.B. No other Notes under the value of W. have been issued. . 1alled) , • • W. HUTCHISON, Dep. Acct. " Rank of England, Dec. 15. WINTER ASSIZES, KINGSTON.---(Tnts DAY (Before 111 r. Justice Bali vv.) William Stone Wl' capitally indicted for committing a beastly crime, an Streatham COMMIX], At mill-day, on the, ltith August last. The 'evidence against the prisoner was very strong, hut the Jury, from merciful rontiderations, acquitted him. The "sizes are not 'expected to :termi►ate lief..re Saiur4 l lr) evening. ing l ' t at B b - - ..nn, 4 considerable .mll Of money. A , gentle-, man standing near hlin said to his friend, " That, imw, is A eon L l : r i d i , ri t p w ilke de Montroorenci IV:tS 0110 clay , play which would make a gentleman's fortune." " Would it so, Sirr , re p lied the D Uke. " take it then, I only wish that it were more, CIVIL. INSULT.,( It • very plain lady a to - very pretty one, " that I cannot dress my 'Tis easily explained, replied the hair so becomingly as yolira, NVit'at is the reason, said a though I try all possible ways ?"---- Ike that I adjusted my curls to the form of my connt inenre ; whilst yours always turn away from the face—which is Very ugly." proud beauty ; " dou't pan 1 CITY WARDMOTES.-(Tuti DAY.) ERIDOIC WITHIN WARP• This :Ward teteirnitriteen Members, and- three new candidates, Mr. Mitt, Mr. - Potukr, and Mr. J. York Hatton, are severally contesting the vacant seat in the CottiMOn Council, Occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Gye, elected à - Member of Parliainent.' Mr. Mclennan H..GAstuarr took the Chair at the Wardmote, held at Fishmongers' Hill, precisely at one o'clock, and the fol lowing Candidates were proposed:— • • - Mr. John Joiner, Mr. M. W. ChM, Mr. N. Saunders, Mr. W. K. Child, Mr.. Cartwright, Mr. Chatfield, Mr. Green, Mr. Sinallpiere, Mr. Smith, Mr. Lock, Mr. .Foes, Mr. Borell, Mr. Pewtresa, Mr. Jones, Mr. Nott, Mr. Ponder, end Mr. Hatton. Mr. Alderman GautitArr declared the show of hands to he in favour of the first fifteen gentlemen. The friends of Mr. Hatton and Mr. Ponder iminerlietely &- ramie:la poll, which was about to take place when our reiorter• left. SISHOPSCIATt WARD. In the absence of Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Baronet, the Alderman of the Ward, the Lori, Mayor presided over the Wardmotp, which was held at the school-bowie in Peter-street, Bishopsgate. This Ward returns fourteen Members. . . The Loan Mason took the Chair shortly after eleven o'clock ;. and the following candidates were proposed;—Mr. W. Weston, Mr. Richard Mare, Mr. W. Day, Mr. J. Beynon, Mr. John Stirtevant, Mr. Thomas Windus, Mr. Thos. Greenaway, Deputy, Mr. John Duddell, Mr. Thomas (Boyer, Mr. W. Stevens, Mr. W. Rawlins (Deputy), Mr. W. A. Peacock, Mr. S. Bennett, Mr. B. G. Windus, Mr. Phene, and Mr..Douber. The LORD MAYOR declared the show of hands to he against the election of Mr. Phene and Mr. Glover, and in favour of the other Gentlemen. _ A poll was then demanded, and the Lord Mayor having to at tend at Vintry Wardmote, appointed to-morrow morning for the commencement of the poll. BROAD-STREET WARD. In this ward, over which Sir John Perrin, Bart. presides, no opposition took place. WAM) OF ALDGAM Thisinorning the inhabitants of the Ward agsembled for the usual purpose of electing their Common ('ounrilmen. Mr. If lenry Jackson having resigned, two candidate offered themselves in his place, Mr. David Wilton, gunmaker, Fenchurch-street, and Mr. Sam. ll‘Dowall, printer, Leadenhall•street. The precept being lead, and Mr. Alderman Thorpe having re ceived the resignation of Mr. Jackson, • " Mr. FAVELL had heard that it had been circulated, that he scan ineligible to, serve this year by the decline of his mental and corporeal faculties, and also that he did not re side in the Ward ; to the first lie aniwored, that they might elect a more yontlifill, but they, never could, find a more zealous one, and he assured them that ha still continued in his well-known firm.—(Land cheers.) . • Mr. M'Dowall after having been proposed by Mr. Sharpe, put some interrogatories to Mr. Favell as to his eligibi lity, and produced a report of a trial, it which Mr. raven's partner had sworn that the name of Favell was aver the door by courtesy, and he had no interest in the article stolen. The new Candidates then set forth the usual pUrity of their in tentions, and the worthy Alderman in potting the question, de cided that Mr. Wilton was elected by a great majority, with loud cheers. Mr. Favat.t. was still a partner iu another part of the firm which Mr. Bowstield, hit partner, confirmed. Mr. PAVEL!, replied, and was re-elected amid loud applause. VINTRY WART). The election of Mr. Sheriff 'Winchester, to the vaeank Alderman's gown, not being confirmed by the Court of Aldermen, the Lord Mayor was necessitated to preside also at this Ward, consequently, the Wardmote did not take place until 3 o'clock. There was no opposition expected. COLENIAN-STREET %%ARA. The memhera of Coleman-street Ward, met this day, for the pnrynse of electing officers for the ensuing year. Alderman ileygate kn the Chair. Joseph Griffiths, paper stainer, being proposed as a proper person to serve the office of Common Councilman, I.llr. Thomas Green said that it wotthl he indelicate for this Ward to return Mr., t;.irif7 fiths this year, as hz had made a charge against the city tiptycyor Which he failed to substantiate; besides, he would be in the secret of the Corporation, and thereby would have, an opportunity of knowing the tenders ruade for works, which would gi e l ins an advantage above lint and others. Mr. Cntrmus said, that be certainly did prosecute the City Surveyor, and would prosecute Mr. Green or any other man for a similar cause—that prosecution was not yet at an end, there-' suit would show the publk where the blame . lay—with respect to tenders for public works . alluded to, he supposed the gentle man meant toe court: houses, which had been advertised, so that any !milder echo ssinitod - uu►ke.: tender had aa , good an opportunity as himself.. Than were twelve can dictates tOr that contract, his (Mr. Griffith's)tander was 1,200/. under the highest, and 400!. tinder the lowest, .so that instead of losing, the City gained by his tender. After some. discussion the following gentlemen, were proposed, and, on a show of hands, the numbers annexed appeared for earls of them:r— John West, collier 9l Jeremiah Carter, cooper 4 11 David Allen, painter Storms Hale, chandler 33 WM. liiinter, upholder s4 Joseph Griffiths, painter and stainer John Bladen, stationer Whereupon the CITAIRMAN deviated the show of hands in faymit of the six former. Mr. Blender demanded a poll, which washout to commence as our Pepoiter kft, FARItINODON WITHOUT. A War(ltnote for this Ward was called' to-day, and '644 in St &We's Choral, to make the Annual Election of Common Coon. eilmen, &v. for the insulpg year. Upon the names of those' who had fi leil the office of Common Councilmen during the past par, being called over, Mr. Alderman WAITHIIAN declared the eke, don, by the chow of hands, to have Wien on the came ,C,cti tlemen.- A poll was than demanded by the friends of Mr. Daniel parrett a grocer, at the corner of Fetter-lane. Mr. ALDERDIAti WAITIMAN then uddressed the meeting fol the purpose of begging to he allowed to swear in the two deputies (illessrs. Reeves and Vale), to art is this election for . biln, on the ground that omit urgant business demanded his iiresigice else► where. The Worthy ALDwaNtAx put it to a show of bands, whither. he shOidd or should not swear in the Deputies. The.sbow being unanimous in favour of the Alderman's proposition, Messrs., Beeves and Vales had the oath administered to them. • The names of those declared elected were—Sainnel Roberts, Edward Tickner, Robert Obbard, William Vale, Charles Au. gustris Savage, Peary Butterworth,, James Ilarmar, Jaines Ban sliavi, William Gritlitho, James Crooke, Andrew Beckwith, Vincent Figgius, Aleander Galloway, Win. James Reeves, and Richard Taylor. . Mr. GALLOWAY was thi only one who did not, on hie ad vancing to address the Wardiniite, receive ulna - mon% approbation. Mr. OtiliAILD (the newly elected candidate to the vacant office) was received'with the greatest approbation. liAltitE+i appeared to have a good many supporters - . 11e acknowledged himself not to poses the greatest stock of litera ture in his upper department ; but with what he was in custody of, he seemed to think that lie could lead a helping hand in the management of the political affairs of Britain, America, the CAM tinent of Europe, 8/.c. &c. , ; at any rate, should he be elected, be was sure that he would follOw the - steps of Mr. Alderman Waithman in assisting to adopt measures, notonly for the redac tion of the national, but also of the parochial, 'expenditure.. The Constables for the various 'Wavle were re-elected. A vote of th a nks was voted to the Alderman, who adjonrned the Ward mote till half-past two, at which time h e stated the pull wo„hi begin, and dose at half-past three. WALISROO): WARD. This Ward returns eight members to the Common Council Chamber. The inhabitants met at the School House in Wall brook, at 12 o'clock, and Alderman Atkins took the eliair, . The following candidates, nine in number, were proposed as fit and proper persons to he returned : Mr. M. Gibbs, Mr.. W. Richardson: Mr. W. Woodward, Mr. V. Hall (the new candidate), Mr: T. Hall, Mr. ‘'fhomas Wat kins, Mr,.- Cope, and Mr. - Ryde;'' The names being put froin the Ow The milefrii ,„ d e clared,. that the election hail fallen on the eight first named gentlemen. BILLINCVGATE WARD. The LORD _MAYOR. mini* own tithe Warthrante. Mr Wero mit; etertett without uppotition, iu the mein bt Mr. 1)t) eart h reeigueti, CHEAP WArill. :The:Officers of thi4 Ward were re-elected for the ensuing year, without opixefitien, Jack Bannister praising the hospitalities of the ish, after his return front one of his trips to the sister ising4iutn, was asked it he had Ayer been at Cork 4, No," replied the wit, but 1 have seeu a great niany'sirataings of it." LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICII-CHANCELLOR'S COURT— (T uts DAY.) APPLICATION FM( AN 'INJUNCTION. TOLE LOS WEI.I.MEY V. IMAIA TIINFV LON 4, DOROTHY TLNEY LONG, AND JULIUS NUTCAINAON. • Mr. liana. stated, that he had au exparte application to make in' this Cause. The application, • which was founded on an afti• davit of the plaintiff, was for , an' injunction to restrain the de fendant", or any of them, from making away with, interpolating, or - deiqoying all or any o 1 the doeirments, papers, or writing, re ferred 'Lo in the bill. The a ffi davit set forth,' that in the year 11612 the plaintiff intermarried with his late wife, who in September 1825, - at her residence at Richmond, having previously to her death appointed executors, and devised all her property to the plaintiff; that she subsequently revoked the appointment of executors; that the plaintiff took out letter of administration to her effects, and that he is now by virtue of his marital right as husband, and by virtue of these letters of oulminis tration, the sole and legal representative of his late wife; the affidavit went on to state that at the time of her death, his wife mil in possession of various documents, papers, and writings, of various articles, jewellery, plate, trinkets, and other family relics, is well as of several articles of the same description, the property of the plaintiff. The affidavit states that the plaintiff was informed, and believer, that after the death of his late wife, the defendanta.Emma Tilney Long and Dorothy Long, pos sessed themselves of these effects, the plaintiff being at the time in foreign parts ; that in the first instance they caused them to be locked up in certain drawers or trunks, which they at the RAMP time caused to be sealed ; that since that period they had handed over the whole of the documents and papers to their solicitor, Julius Hutchiuson, who, although frequently applied to, had re-, fused to give them up to the plaintiff. The affidavit further stated that the defendants insisted on retaining the papers and documents in question, and of disposing of them as they might think fit; and the plaintiff swears that he has been in formed, and lie believes that the defendant Hutchinson has three tenet' to destroy.such as may be in his possession ; the plaintiff adds, that he is suable to take any proceedings at law for the re covery, of the said papers, not having any schedule or list of them; and that many of the letters are of a confidential nature,, and sit great importance to the plaintiff, his family, and affairs. The Vice-Cumicent.oa—Do you think there are grounds fur your application? lam of opinion that your Affidavit does not lay before the Court sufficient grounds for supposing that there is danger of the destruction of the papers. Mr. HART referred his Honour to that part of the affidavit which related : to Ilutehineon—the distance of the parties pre-- eluded the plaintiff from more certain information than that set forth in the affidavit The Vlcr-CnaNcut.Lon—l think the injunction would cast a reflection on the defendants. Mr. HART said the reflection could be removed by a short nth, lavit of ten lines. Mr. BEAMS directed his Honour's attention to the threat of Hutchinson. The Vrea-CHANcr.u.oit.—l have not beiOre me sufficient evidence of a threat. An injunction is never granted hut for the purpose of restraining improper acts, and must necessarily be a reflection on the parties against whom it is directed. The Court does not grant it, therefore, unless it has reason to appre hend the improper act. I cannot, therefore, without satisfactory evidence, cast on those parties the reflection which an injunction —lnjunction refused. VALPY'S ENGLISH LEXICON. . JONES 2. vAtev. Id this case an ex-parte injunction had been granted on the 3.1 inst. ,by the Lord Chancellor, to restrain the plaintiff from pub lishing or exposing to sale an English translation of Schrevelius's Lexicon, on the grounds that it was printed from a similar work' by the 14er. Dr. ,Tones. The AnonNay-Gan/sat appeared to-day, to show cause why! the injunction should be dissolved. The Learned Gentleman relied principally on the length of time (1 I months), which wa4 alloWed to elapge between the publication of 'the alleged pira tical; work, and the application for • the injunction ; and stated that, within a month after the publication of the work, Mr. Velpy met Dr. Jones, who .said to him, see you have borrow ed very,• freely froM,me, linfl I think, tbai your publisher might have sent me a copy of your work." 'rho Attorney-General sat, left epeaking tvlten our,Reportei left the Court. COURT OF KING'S BENCH , CaILbItALL.- - (Tuts DAY, N.. cam of public linjuirtinie cam on iWthis Court to-cloy. COURT OF EXCIiEQURR,(Tuig DAY.) sPONG V. SYOi4(l. After the arguments in this ease were concluded yesterday, • The,Ctor.r.l44folt said he would consider the point, Without intimating. any , opinion. _ . emqctroi YtNCII. Mr. MARTON Stated, that this was 4 ereillioN hill, Ilfetiataintit the Hon. Daniel Finch, in his character of Oriiiiiitesitor or Henry Finch, deceased, and that it prityetl an aectitint of the testator's persoual estate. Mr. Ulric - I:smut . appeared for the defendant, and upon the plaintiffs proving themselves to he ereilitimi, he did not "oppose the order as prayed. • Decree for an account made. - CLOS'E OF THE SITTINGS. • , • • The Cmu' lamtott desired to inform the bar,. that he shoulil sit, if it were necessary, till Saturday, but not beyondit. The (Tinian of the bar was, that all the causes would Ile goi thr►iugh ►n the , course of to-morrow. Among the last arrivals itt 'tome,. i►t the ila . te :be latest accounts, were. the follOwiug..— . . Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobuurg, travelling by the title of Count tienneberg ; tlwir Royal Iliglineases. the Duke and lout lies , of .141e11i.201a. Stlitit the Duke and Chicliox Ofilamilidu mid la. mily. Lather, flab, Warwick, and Westinortaiill. Wood. Sir P. Vincent, Sir J. ; Col. Omit, Col. Montmorency CnL Cmelthurn ; Major Sitwell ; Messri. Ford; Seagrave,' Grant Lansbton, M. P. and &roily., Andersons j Oen. Ratutey ; Sir F. Adam, Governor of the lonian Islands, &c. &e. We understand it is in contemplation to celebrate the anniversary of Lord Byron's birth, on Monday the )12d Jan. next, by a publie dinner.— Dander Advertiser. The collection lately made at Hampstead church, i aid of the Spanish and Italian refugees, after a sermon by the Re , Dr. Rudge, exceeded 1001. Miss' Paton,. whose absence from Covent-garden is so severely Mt, is not going to Portugal, as erroneously stated in a Morning Paper of yesterday. After she has recruited her health, that hrilliant warbler will go to Dublin to fulfil her en gagement there. She may probably perform s i te night more at Covent-Garden before her departure for Ireland. Madame Vestris was so ill on' Sunday last, that it was anticipated she • would be unable to play tide week; hut she was so far 'recovered as to he able to perfornt Susonha on Titeaday last, with all her accustomed ability. The Comte de Charost had two brothers, oue General, the other an ArchhisheN Cardinal Rieholieu one day complained to him of the.coniluet of the Archbishop. "Does not your Entine - nee know,' replied the'Comte, " that where there are many brothers : in a family, the greatest blockhead is always put into the church ?O " Thanks to you. N. de Chertett, ter your compliment," replied the Cardinal. , The first time the serpent was nSed in 'a concert, at which Handel was in the habit of presiding. he was so disgusted at the powerful coarseness of its tenet', that lie called out in a rage, "Vat de diffel be 'tat?" On being infortned that it was an instru-: merit called a serpent, " Oh," be replied, "de serpent !--ay, but it he not de serpent vat seduced Eve !" LA UNC 11 OF AN INDIA M A NeTi—Titi Malay it vessel of (00 tons leirthen, built by Messrs; Gordon, the ship builders of Mittford, was launched front their yard at that place. The yes 4 gel, to which the name of the " Sussex." has been given, wart built by the Above Orm for the Last India Company, fur the purpose tif.repisiing the " .47ent," which was recently destroyed by fire in the Bay of Biscay, on ber outward bound passage.. The day was extremely propitious, and it being understood that his Royal High ness the 'Duke of Susses: vivified his intention of being present on 'the occasion, au immense concourse of spectators assembled to witness the ceremony.: About half-past one "t . cioek, his Royal 1 lighness,acromptinied rievera I Noblemen and Gentlemen, Iv • rived, and they were conducted by ;to.* ill and others of the firm to a temporary booth, front which they had a distinct view of the vessel as she lay on the stocks preparatory to her 'being committed to the waters. Daring the preparations, . 4 .h tm l longing to t h e Royal Marine', which was stationed near the booth occupied by his Royal Iligness, enlivened the scene by playing ieveral 'naval airs. When all was in readiness, the Duke orsius- Eire appreaclied the vessel's stern, anti having flung a giblet of wine on the quarter deck, the fatiteninga by which she sal. be l4 " sheerwere gradually slackened and lei go, stocks ialo the t'laatnte , in the roost s ije ti striking s e up t shouts of the spectators, anti tfe hand t4ttit i a, ". - ...-./CoAtbh 'Go:tette. ,s' ~~-~ FASHIONABLE INTEIAIGEiteX... WINDSOR, DEC. 20.—0 n Monday MA- JriiTV was engaged Throughout thi#hq'in tritisactlng public, business at the Royal Lodge, and on the fol lowing day'lle took a short airing in the Great Park. This afternoon the KING will pay a visit to the Castle to decide finally upon the fitting-up of those apart ments which are in a sufficient state of forwardness.— The Ladies' drawing-room in iii;soCith-West tower is temporarily adapted as a visiting apartment ; the ceil ing is from au entirely new design, and is uncommon ly rich and effective. A great variety of patterns for papering the principal chambers will b e ex hibi te d f or the sanction of his 111AntsTY, slier which the inter nal decoration will proceed with great rapidity. The late damp weather has operated rather unfavourably to out of door proceedings, but all those departments of the business that are transacted in the temporary workshops have proceeded with unabated activity.' Sir Herbert Taylor transacted business yesterday morning with the Duke of York, anti afterwards held a Levee at his Office in the Horse Guard, as Military Secretary to the COM , mander-in-Chief. ivlr. hunter, sell. the King's Messenger, arrived at he Foreign Office yesterday morning frotn.Paris, with despatches irons Lnrd Granville, our Atnhaasador there, to Mr. Secretary ' Kuuiiug. Baron Steerneld, the Swedish Minister, and Mr. Gallatin, the American Minister, transacted business yesterday with Mr. Secretary Canning, at his office in Downing-street. ARRIVALS.---Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, at her house, Whitehall, from Cheltenham ; Mr. and Lady Caroline Capel, at the Duke of. St. Allan's residence, in St. James's Square, from Admiral Capers seat, Pinkney Hall, Norfolk ; Dr. Shell, from Vienna; Mr. and Mrs. Horneden, at Fenton's' Hotel, St. James's-street, frow their seat in Shropshire; John Wadding ton, Esq. at ditto, from Hem; Thomas Page, .Esq. at Otto, from Surrey ; General Sir H. Vivian, But. at the Royal Hotel, Si. James's-street, from his seat, Beechwood; Col. Sir James Hope, Batt. at ditto, from a tour; G. Champion, Esq. at ditto, from Bleckwater ; .the Rev. C. Eyie, at ditto, from WorksoPs . Nottinghamshire. CHANGES. --The Duke of S. Albans, for,the Hon. G. Berkeley's seat in Berke; the Hon. F. West and Mist Myd dleton, for Culham Court, Henley nn Thames ; George Petre, from Grosvenor-square • for 'Dunkun Ball, near Blank hurne, in Lancashire ; Col. Morton, from- Brighton, to Bath ; Rev. M. Champneys, from Doneaster, to Badeworth; Mr. and Mrs. Francis Vernon, from the Parade, Brighton, for Bath; capt: PeChell, for Caatle Coring, neat Arundel, in Sussex; Mr. Mark Friuli', for Melton, in Yorkshire, from Ferrybridge ; Mr. Lennox Conyngliarn, from Dublin, for spring Hill, in Ireland; Mr. Charles Standish, for Standish Hall, near Lancaster ; Mr. and F. Manning, from Brighton, to. Queen-square, Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Saxhy, for Bath ; Hon. C. 17. Clifford, fur Field gate, in Warwickshire, , from Leamington ; Mr. J: Ihmlooke, 1.,r Birdholme, near Chesterfield; Colonel and Mrs. Leigh, for Bath; Major Hervey, from Cheltenham, to Bath; Hon. 11. King, M. Y. from Duhlita , .to Cork; Copt. Wingate, from Hat rowgate, for Great Pulteney-street, Bath ; Lord Lynedoek, from. his seat, Cosgrove Priory, for General Trever'e seat, in Sussex ; Sir John Shelley, Bart., for his seat, in Sussex ; Gen. and Mrs. Mamma, and Miss Harcourt, from the Burlington Hutt), Old Burlington and Cork Streets, for the Continent. ARRIVALS AT WeLTtt.--Lord Deorhurst, Lord St. Helens, Sir - NV. and Lady'Wynn, the Bithop of Salisbury, Lady Castlestewart, Lady Nugent Colonel Morgan, Lieutenant- COlonel Maclean, Major Richer:le, Major Thorne ; Captains Craig;. Orrne, Pariah, Paget, Waldron ; Lieut. W. Becket, Lint. 11111, Lieut. Pitt, 11. N. ; Rev. Mr. Burrows, Re*. Mr. Collins, 'WV. Mr. Clay, Rev. Mr.. Gould, Rev. Me. King, ,Re*. Knapp, Rev. ~Atr. ris, . Trelawnsy, Rey. Mr. 'Roakett. , ARRIVALSAT CIIELTENHA teattebarap, Lady'Elehn; Major Robinson, Major . Crokeri Captain and Mrs. Amsitiek, Captain Biliamore, Captain Osborne, Captain Porter, .Captain Somerville, Dr. Antrarn, the Rev. Mr. Cummins, Mr. Lee, Mtv Christmas, Mr. Leigh, Mr. E. Currie, Mr, Davis, Mr. and Mr;. Bridges, Mr: clodtlard,, Mr. Ord, Mr. Bobley, Mr. Jones, Mr. Carroll, Mr. S. Wynniatt, Mr. Brown, Mr: Aspinall, Mr. Folkston, Mr. Trev,ellyan, Mr. Guest, Mr. Wilder, Mr. Scotfield, Mac Lee, Mrs. Pritchard, Mrs. H. Thompson, Mrs. Newbury, Mrs. Balfour; Mrs. Browne, Mrs. Wilton, Mrs. Miles, Mrs. Jones, Miss \Verret', Miss M. A. Baily, 'Mist Toyama, th e ,mp f e es Yea , Miaa Humphreys, &c. tte. , - • The Treasurer,of the Glasgow Royal lufirmary hay received titan the out-wore of the late Jame* Murdock, Esq. 1,000/. in aid of that must uaeful Institution. It is not generally known, that if the head of a snail be pricked with a Pill, and the exuding matter applied to a wart, a disappearance of the eallo. , ity will take platte in a few clays. Brighton is; expected to be exceedingly gay during . the holidays ; most of the large houses that ,Were unoetupied hews been recently engaged, and, as the Parliamentary eecess will enable the fashionable world to keep moving. fur a short time, Brighton will no doubt be the point of attraction.—.Reighton Gazette. Yesterday a Court of Director& he'd at the East India House; when the :following Commander* took leave of the Court previous. to departing for their respective destinations ; Captain John Hine, Anus, St. Ifileria, Bombay, and Cidna; Captain 'John It. Manderson, Bridgewater; end Captain Thomas Baker, Lowther Castle, Bombay end China; The undertow , nailed Captains 'were sworn into the commend of their respective ships, vit. :—Captain John Peter Wilson, Hythe, Bombay suet China; end Captain. ,William Crnic.)cslisuk, .Pnrquhorson, St. lichens, Penang, Singapore, and Chintai CHANGE 1N 'TIVP. MiNISTRY.--A report readied tie this day, on better authority than such, romoure can nut:lily boast,that there is every likellhaod'of a change (lemming . in the Ministry, that will he most favourable to Irelasub It is stated that the change will tiring not only the Marquis. of Lansdowne, but Mr. Burnet:Mt, into power Morning Register of Tuesday. JOHN TAYLOR, . w h o was for many years chief proprietor, and conductor of the Son Newspaper, we are glad to find by:his Advertisement, is about to publish a volume of his Poetical Effusions, many ,of *hidn in.ve already roeived the- justly merited stamp of pnitlic, 'approbation, The volume; will consist of selections front his fornier works,' and many of bile latest productions, comprising Sonnets, Odes, Prologue* , rdli logues, occasional Miscellaneous Effusions, Tales, &e. and cii tire new versional'. the Odin of Anacreon ; which must Menge.. thee', form a must agreeable eotopanion to •all admirers of genitine poetis; taste. it may - not, perhaps . be generally recollected, end the t fa o c t t; i s e .s t si a ti ,, o te t a w l e td a tit re l, s n n t re of t\e h ntte y r it e:i r ti w ng e t u o ,e t r i e ve o p r at ia b i l n it a l b tha i t m i l t ch z for the exedlent Poem of Monsieur .Tonson,.froru which two or three most amusing dramas have since been formed. Indeed, as Lord Byron justly maid ofllr. - Taylor, his o is the good old style of our elder* end our -betters ;', which our readers will, with his Lordship, " he 'glad to see is not yet extinct."—/Iforning %Poe& • • 'This is the. shortest day, and is s even h ours forty . f our. „,i notea , ha d :seventeen seconds, allowing nine minutes stud are senottils for refraction, and is the commencement of the byber. nal or winter solstiee. The leitiVal of St. Thomas was drat in stituted in 1130. tit. 'Moms, surnamed nit'yams, or the twin, is supposed to have been a fisherman, and a native of Galilee, but the Scriptures afford no information as to his parentage or °corps , tion._ , tie preached the (lev e l t o the Model, Persians, and neigh bouring nations, wa s a tt ac k e d at hi s d e votions, in the year 73, at Melipour, assailed withstaties, and afterwards pierced through the hotl y wit h a Live , from which th is wea p on is introductd in most pictures of St. Thomas,. On this d o , . t' d ie m onth evt...ral ancient customs . ay , , • contin ue t o b eim oi s ed M var ious parts tat tha. kingdom. At the Village of ThorntontPier..6j 4 arhorite, Dorsetshire, the touttlts Are i,, tilt . habit of ott o,coye s shillings in a hole in it certain tomb which prevents the Lord of the Manor This must he Meat i sfit,luiiiiiiet : ilit ti.:' ' ''' ti l :jil t ': 1 : 1 1: 1 ; i tY o l4 l -' : a : ~:: ' sil r .I r l l.) !l t ie h t e nr Y e e tw ar. elva ntioek ; the tenant ato!, woi, .in, • • , of the At . 0,,,,, then takra the money. there-is also a custom still kept iffi ' ~, t hi. day, p.o.ticularly in the 'vicinity of Maidstone. iu . I Beat, ~,,,,, , ,..1 g oing,. 4 . goodi og. Women In 'return for the Alms manner at NVWCAttie.vou -1 they have received, present the benefactors , with sprigs of aver gotten to deck their houses at the ensuing Christmas. Little troop* l o t i i 4 l ) e y , * a: ni d l o g tl i t r e l ; tbdtittstliuit4tTl'ile4nrt lit t h h4 of Erightud, an this day, awl upon Clirktinas Eve, tend e.oneltrtle, a hegging-song, wltl. wishing `these who he, toss their Inuitity 4 merry 0hri,, ta ,,,,, t o l d a happi car usw I . . ~~ f ' 1 r